Maze4 improvement
 

Hi all

I own a Maze4 waterhead which i don't use right now since the mobo in my spare computer is dead. But looking at the block i've got the idea to take off the top and drill small holes in the channels to "mess" up the waterflow and perhaps improve performance of the block. (when i say drill small holes i mean cascade style)

Anyone think it will make a difference, or just ruin the block?

Myth

Probably ruin it if you go too deep. You could try to mill channels across the block to connect the channels and make a grid like pattern. That would work well I think.

I think if you just use some thermal epoxy on the bottom edges of the copper wire inside it will help a tiny bit. Just make sure that epoxy doesnt break down when in water/anti freeze/alcohol chem soup that you run in your setup. One thing that may happen is the baseplate/surface area on the cpu contact area becomes uneven from the pressure if you use a metal punch.

I think doing the grid idea might work, but a better idea IMO would be to somehow widen the channels. One of the bad things about the Maze4 is that the smaller channels actually hamper performance.

I suppose you could try and go for a "white water" md... making a central "jet" inlet... though how good your skils are I don't know... but I'm thinking that wou'd be the best you do.... either that or sell it and buy a better block.

~ Boli

That's a good idea, I saw an article on Overclockers.com where a guy did that with some other block...I forgot what block it was actually. He just cut an impingment nozzle in a piece of poly and stuck it between the top of the block and the base (well that wasn't obvious; no, he put it on his head and danced around).

looking at the maze4, would it improve performance if you blocked some of the outer channels?

interesting - and a lot easier to get to those kind of flow rates too i imagine. how long before these are out?

Wow, Maze4 doesn't look too bad there...